Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
The scandal of Downside Close
Residents of the new development in Mere have had to live with the consequences of a series of apparent failures by Wiltshire Council. The houses are beside the A303 Mere bypass, with a retaining wall and a band of trees separating the road from the development. Planners and developers have tried to shift the responsibility for maintaining the wall onto residents, who pay a management fee for the maintenance of the estate. It's alleged that the wall has not been properly approved and that a number of planning conditions relating to it have been breached. In fact it's claimed by residents that a total of 14 planning requirements have been ignored by the developers in collusion with the council.
13 Feb 2013
Another year older and deeper in debt
Wiltshire Council is borrowing more and more money to finance its capital programme. A report to the WC cabinet explains that the council will borrow an additional £69.9million between now and the end of the 2015 - 16 financial year. This brings the gross borrowing figure up to £315.1million.
13 Feb 2013
Unwise G4S Plan to Outsource Police Support Work Scrapped After Liberal Democrat Pressure
Last October and November Liberal Democrats campaigned strongly against the "unwise" plan by the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner. County Councillor Nick Hollinghurst who spoke twice at Council meetings at County Hall said "Apart from G4S's lamentable performance with Olympic Games security, we have to remember they are a large multi-national corporation. They run prisons, courts, police administration, prisoner transport and support services. It is unwise to hand over yet another part of Britain's criminal justice system to an international private business with, some say, already too great an influence in UK policing."
13 Feb 2013
Unwise G4S Plan to Outsource Police Support Work Scrapped After Liberal Democrat Pressure
Last October and November Liberal Democrats campaigned strongly against the "unwise" plan by the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner. County Councillor Nick Hollinghurst who spoke twice at Council meetings at County Hall said "Apart from G4S's lamentable performance with Olympic Games security, we have to remember they are a large multi-national corporation. They run prisons, courts, police administration, prisoner transport and support services. It is unwise to hand over yet another part of Britain's criminal justice system to an international private business with, some say, already too great an influence in UK policing."
13 Feb 2013
'Shared parental leave is good news' says Farron
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today welcomed moves by the government to reform the way parents can share maternity leave.
13 Feb 2013
Farron meets Natural England Chair to call for action on South Lakes flooding
Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron, this afternoon met with the Chair of Natural England, Poul Christensen, to ask Natural England to help tackle the ongoing flooding issues experienced by residents and farmers across the South Lakes following several years of poor weather.
13 Feb 2013